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Paths to Development: Is there a Bangladesh Surprise?
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Using aggregate indices of education, health, demographic, and gender equality outcomes, we empirically investigate the hypothesis that Bangladesh achieved a higher level of social development compared with countries of similar level of per capita income. Stylized facts and cross-country regression results support this hypothesis for a broad range of dimensions. Further tests show that such achievements do not simply reflect income-mediated channels and social expenditure programs. We conclude by speculating on the role of Bangladesh’s development to sustain the process of growth and on the role of governance and institutional quality for the nexus between growth and development.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Asadullah, M. N., Savoia, A., & Mahmud, W.
- Affiliations
- IZA - Institute of Labor Economics (DE)
- University of Manchester (GB)
- Venue
- World Development
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2014-10
- Volume
- 62
- Pages
- 138-154
- ISSN
- 0305-750X (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W3124937663
- Cited by
- 141
- References
- 80
- Citations by year
- 2026: 8 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 8 · 2023: 17 · 2022: 14 · 2021: 8 · 2020: 21 · 2019: 20 · 2018: 12 · 2017: 12 · 2016: 5 · 2015: 7 · 2014: 2
- FWCI
- 22.70
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- doi.org
- Licence
- www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
- Locations
- World Development (publishedVersion)
- SSRN Electronic Journal (acceptedVersion)
- Research Explorer (The University of Manchester) (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Research Explorer (The University of Manchester) (submittedVersion)
- CentAUR (University of Reading) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- International Growth Centre
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Economic Growth and Development
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Income, Poverty, and Inequality
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Economic Growth and Productivity
- Keywords
- social development, Bangladesh, per capita income, educational outcomes, health outcomes, gender equality, demographic outcomes, governance, institutional quality, cross-national comparison
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